EP2014891A1 - Radiateur pour véhicule de petite taille - Google Patents

Radiateur pour véhicule de petite taille Download PDF

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EP2014891A1
EP2014891A1 EP08010450A EP08010450A EP2014891A1 EP 2014891 A1 EP2014891 A1 EP 2014891A1 EP 08010450 A EP08010450 A EP 08010450A EP 08010450 A EP08010450 A EP 08010450A EP 2014891 A1 EP2014891 A1 EP 2014891A1
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Shuji Hirayama
Masanobu Matsuzaki
Toyoyuki Yogo
Takehiro Koyasu
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P11/00—Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00
    • F01P11/10—Guiding or ducting cooling-air, to, or from, liquid-to-air heat exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P2050/00—Applications
    • F01P2050/16—Motor-cycles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P5/00—Pumping cooling-air or liquid coolants
    • F01P5/02—Pumping cooling-air; Arrangements of cooling-air pumps, e.g. fans or blowers
    • F01P5/06—Guiding or ducting air to, or from, ducted fans

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  • the present invention relates to a radiator for a small-sized vehicle where an engine main unit provided with a water jacket is mounted on a body frame, a radiator is arranged on the side of a crankcase forming a part of the engine main unit, a cooling fan that sucks cooling wind to let the cooling wind pass in the radiator is attached to one end of a crankshaft rotatably supported by the crankcase and is arranged inside the radiator and a shroud having an exhaust port and covering the cooling fan from the side is provided between the radiator and the crankcase.
  • Patent Document No. JP-A 2005-233012 that discloses that a radiator is arranged outside a cooling fan provided to one end of a crankshaft and an exhaust port is provided to a shroud provided between a crankcase and the radiator and covering the cooling fan from the side is known.
  • a generator is arranged on the reverse side to the radiator of the cooling fan, annular space is formed on the side of the generator, cooling wind which is sucked by the cooling fan and passes the radiator flows to the exhaust port, however, as the cooling wind also flows to the side of the annular space around the generator, the smooth flow to the exhaust port of the cooling wind is hindered, and as the efficiency of the cooling fan drops, cooling efficiency is deteriorated.
  • the invention is made in view of such a situation and provides a radiator for a small-sized vehicle where cooling efficiency is enhanced by making cooling wind smoothly flow from a cooling fan to an exhaust port.
  • the invention according to Claim 1 is based upon a radiator for a small-sized vehicle where an engine main unit provided with a water jacket is mounted on a body frame, a radiator is arranged on the side of a crankcase forming a part of the engine main unit, a cooling fan that sucks cooling wind to pass the radiator is attached to one end of a crankshaft rotatably supported by the crankcase and is arranged inside the radiator and a shroud having an exhaust port and covering the cooling fan from the side is provided between the radiator and the crankcase, and has a characteristic that a current plate for obstructing a flow of cooling wind from the cooling fan to the side of the crankcase in a part corresponding to the exhaust port is fixed not on the sides of the exhaust port and the cooling fan but on the side of the crankcase.
  • the invention according to Claim 2 is based upon the configuration of the invention according to Claim 1 and has a characteristic that the current plate is attached to the shroud.
  • the invention according to Claim 3 is based upon the configuration of the invention according to Claim 1 or 2 and has a characteristic that the current plate is formed in the shape of a circular arc along a rotational locus of an outermost end in a radial direction of the cooling fan in a side view.
  • the invention according to Claim 4 is based upon the configuration of the invention according to any of Claims 1 to 3 and has a characteristic that a generator is arranged between the cooling fan and the crankcase and a turned part extended from an inner end of the current plate to the side of the crankcase is integrated with the current plate arranged outside the generator.
  • the current plate is attached to the shroud and the shroud to which the current plate is attached can be attached to the crankcase, the current plate does not obstruct the attachment when the cooling fan is attached to the crankshaft, compared with a case that a current plate is attached to a crankcase and ease of assembly can be enhanced.
  • the current plate is formed in the shape of the circular arc along the rotational locus of the outermost end in the radial direction of the cooling fan in the side view, the flow from the cooling fan to the side of the crankcase of cooling wind can be more effectively hindered.
  • turbulence is prevented from being caused in a small quantity of cooling wind flowing between the generator and the current plate by opposing the turned part turned on the side of the crankcase from the inner end of the current plate to the periphery of the generator and the cooling wind can more smoothly flow on the side of the exhaust port.
  • a body frame F of the scooter type motorcycle which is a small-sized vehicle is provided with: a head pipe 13 that steerably supports a front fork 11 that journals a front wheel WF at its lower end and straddles the front wheel WF and a steering handlebar 12 coupled to an upper end of the front fork 11; a cylindrical main pipe 14 extended backward and downward from the head pipe 13; a pair of right and left lower frames 15 connected to a lower part of the main pipe 14 and extended backward; a cross pipe 16 that connects rear ends of both lower frames 15; a pair of right and left rear frame pipes 17 each front end of which is linked to each of both ends of the cross pipe 16; and upper frames 18 each of which couples an intermediate part of the main pipe 14 and each intermediate part of both rear frame pipes 17 on the upsides of both lower frames 15.
  • the lower frames 15 are connected to both right and left sides of the lower part of the main pipe 14 by welding, are extended on both sides, further are bent on the rear sides, and are extended backward. Each rear end of the lower frames 15 is connected to each of both right and left ends of the cross pipe 16 by welding.
  • the power unit P including a water-cooled single-cylinder engine E arranged on the front side of a rear wheel WR and a transmission M arranged on the left side of the rear wheel WR is supported vertically rockably by each front of both rear frame pipes 17 of the body frame F and the rear wheel WR is journalled to the rear of the power unit P.
  • the transmission M is linked to a crank case 21 of the engine E, and is housed in a transmission case 22 extended to the left side of the rear wheel WR.
  • a rear cushion unit 23 is provided between the rear of the transmission case 22 and the left rear frame pipe 17 out of the pair of right and left rear frame pipes 17.
  • a goods housing 24 that can house a helmet and others is arranged from the upside of the engine E to the front side of the engine E between both rear frame pipes 17 and between both upper frames 18 and the rear of the goods housing 24 is covered with a seat 25 arranged at the back of the head pipe 13 from the upside.
  • a fuel tank 26 covered with the rear of the seat 25 from the upside is arranged between the rears of both rear frame pipes 17 at the back of the goods housing 24, and the goods housing 24 and the fuel tank 26 are supported by the body frame F.
  • a part of the engine E, the body frame F, the goods housing 24 and the fuel tank 26 are covered with a body cover 29, and a pair of right and left step floors 27 for putting feet of a rider seated on the seat 25 and a floor tunnel 28 rising upward between both step floors 27 are formed inside the body cover 29.
  • the floor tunnel 28 includes: a tunnel main part 30 which is supported by the pair of right and left upper frames 18, which ranges to each inner end of both step floors 27, which rises upward and a part of an upper part of which is open; and a cover 31 that openably closes an opening of the upper part of the tunnel main part 30.
  • the front of the goods housing 24 is housed in the floor tunnel 28.
  • a hinge mechanism (not shown) for openably supporting the seat 25 is provided between the front of the seat 25 and the main pipe 14, the seat 25 can be turned forward and diagonally upward so as to enable housing and extracting goods such as a helmet in/from the goods housing 24, and the cover 31 is turned together with the seat 25 so as to open the upside of the front of the goods housing 24.
  • the main unit 33 of the engine E is provided with: a crankcase 21 that rotatably supports a crankshaft 34 having an axis extending in a direction of the width of the body frame F; a cylinder block 36 having a cylinder bore 35 and connected to the crankcase 21; a cylinder head 37 connected to the cylinder block 36; and a head cover 38 connected to the cylinder head 37, and as to the crankcase 21, a left case half 39 and a right case half 40 are connected on faces perpendicular to the axis of the crankshaft 34.
  • the above-mentioned engine main unit 33 is mounted on the body frame F in a substantially longitudinal direction of the body frame F so that the front of an axis of the cylinder bore 35 is slightly higher and a pair of right and left brackets 41 provided to an upper part on the rear side of the crankcase 21 are rockably supported by stays 42 provided to each intermediate part of the rear frame pipes 17 of the body frame F via a supporting shaft 43 and each mount rubber 44.
  • a piston 48 slidably fitted inside the cylinder bore 35 is linked with the crankshaft 34 via a connecting rod 49.
  • a camshaft 50 is rotatably supported by the cylinder head 37, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve (respectively not shown) provided to the cylinder head 37 are opened and closed by the camshaft 50.
  • a timing chain 52 is housed in a chain passage 51 provided to the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21, the cylinder block 36 and the cylinder head 37, and the timing chain 52 is wound onto a driving sprocket 53 provided to the crankshaft 34 and onto a driven sprocket 54 provided to the camshaft 50.
  • the torque of the crankshaft 34 is transmitted to the camshaft 50 at speed reducing ratio of 1/2.
  • a downstream end of an intake pipe 55 curved backward from the cylinder head 37 is connected to a side wall of an upper part of the cylinder head 37 and a fuel injection valve 56 is attached to the intake pipe 55.
  • An upstream end of the intake pipe 55 is connected to a throttle body 57 arranged on the upside of the engine main unit 33 and the throttle body 57 is connected to an air cleaner 58 (see Fig. 1 ) arranged on the upside of the transmission case 22.
  • the transmission case 22 is configured by a case main body 61 integrated with the left case half 39 of the crankcase 21 and extended backward, a left cover 62 connected to the case main body 61 from the left, and a right cover 63 fastened to the rear of the case main body 61 from the right.
  • the transmission M is configured by a belt type continuously variable transmission 64 that continuously shifts the torque of the crankshaft 34 and a speed reducing gear train 66 provided between an axle 65 of the rear wheel WR and the belt type continuously variable transmission 64.
  • the belt type continuously variable transmission 64 is housed in a transmission chamber 67 formed between the case main body 61 and the left cover 62 in the transmission case 22 and the speed reducing gear train 66 is housed in a gear chamber 68 formed between the case main body 61 and the right cover 63 in the transmission case 22.
  • the belt type continuously variable transmission 64 is provided with a driving pulley 70 provided to a left end of the crankshaft 34 in the transmission chamber 67, a driven pulley 71 arranged in the rear of the transmission chamber 67 and an endless V belt 72 wound onto the driving pulley 70 and onto the driven pulley 71.
  • the driving pulley 70 is provided with a pulley half 73 on the fixed side fixed to the crankshaft 34 and a pulley half 74 on the movable side that can approach and can be separated from the pulley half 73 on the fixed side and the pulley half 74 on the movable side is pressed in a direction in which the pulley half on the movable side approaches the pulley half 73 on the fixed side by a centrifugal weight 75 moved on the outside in a radial direction as the number of revolutions of the crankshaft 34 increases.
  • An output shaft 76 having a parallel axis to the crankshaft 34 is rotatably supported by the case main body 61 and the right cover 63 in the rear of the transmission case 22, the driven pulley 71 is provided with a pulley half 77 on the fixed side supported relatively rotatably by the output shaft 76 and a pulley half 78 on the movable side that can approach and can be separated from the pulley half 77 on the fixed side, and the pulley half 78 on the movable side is pressed toward the pulley half 77 on the fixed side by a spring 79.
  • a clutch 80 for starting is provided between the pulley half 77 on the fixed side and the output shaft 76.
  • the output shaft 76, an intermediate shaft 81 parallel to the output shaft 76 and the axle 65 are rotatably supported by the rear of the case main body 61 and the right cover 63 in the transmission case 22, the speed reducing gear train 66 is provided between the output shaft 76 and the axle 65 via the intermediate shaft 81, and the rear wheel WR is provided to a right end of the axle 65 protruded on the right side piercing the right cover 63.
  • the torque of the crankshaft 34 is transmitted to the driving pulley 70 and is transmitted from the driving pulley 70 to the rear wheel WR via the V belt 72, the driven pulley 71, the clutch 80 for starting and the speed reducing gear train 66.
  • a kick shaft 83 having a parallel axis to the crankshaft 34 is rotatably supported by the case main body 61 and a left cover 62 in an intermediate part in a longitudinal direction of the transmission case 22 and a kick pedal 84 is fixed to an end protruded from the left cover 62 of the kick shaft 83.
  • a return spring 85 is provided between the kick shaft 83 and the case main body 61.
  • a fitting member 87 coaxially opposite to a fitted member 86 provided to the end of the crankshaft 34 is supported by the left cover 62 of the transmission case 22 so that the fitting member can be rotated coaxially with the crankshaft 34 and can be moved in an axial direction of the crankshaft, and a speed increasing gear train 88 is provided between the kick shaft 83 and the fitting member 87.
  • the rotation of the kick shaft 83 is increased by the speed increasing gear train 88 according to stepping on the kick pedal 84 and is transmitted to the fitting member 87, the fitting member 87 is forward rotated until it is fitted to the fitted member 86, and thereby, rotating motive power for starting is transmitted to the crankshaft 34.
  • Plural vanes 89 for taking cooling air in the transmission chamber 67 by the rotation of the pulley half 73 on the fixed side are fixed to an outside face of the pulley half 73 on the fixed side of the driving pulley 70 and an outside air intake duct 90 for taking cooling air in the transmission chamber 67 from the outside by the rotation of the vanes 89 together with the pulley half 73 on the fixed side is attached to the front of the left cover 62 of the transmission case 22.
  • a reed valve 91 for taking air for ventilation in the crankcase 21 is attached to the left side of the cylinder block 36 in the engine main unit 33.
  • a rotor 93 is fixed to a right end of the crankshaft 34 and a stator 94 forming a generator 95 together with the rotor 93 is fixed to the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21 with the stator surrounded by the rotor 93.
  • a radiator 96 is arranged on the side of the crankcase 21 outside the generator 95 and a cooling fan 97 that sucks cooling wind for the cooling wind to pass the radiator 96 is attached to the right end of the crankshaft 34 with the generator 95 held between the cooling fan and the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21.
  • a cylindrical supporting case 40a surrounding the generator 95 from the side is integrated with the right case half 40, a shroud 98 for covering the cooling fan 97 from the side is provided between the radiator 96 and the supporting case 40a, and the radiator 96 is covered with a radiator cover 99 made of synthetic resin from the outside.
  • the radiator 96 is formed by coupling an upper tank 100 and a lower tank 101 via a cooling core 102 and is attached to the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21 provided to the engine main unit 33. That is, a single supporting boss 103 arranged corresponding to the rear of the upper tank 100 and a pair of supporting bosses 104 arranged corresponding to the front and the rear of the lower tank 101 are provided to the right case half 40, the upper tank 100 is fastened to the supporting boss 103 by a bolt 105, and the lower tank 101 is fastened to the supporting bosses 104 by bolts 106.
  • the radiator 96 is arranged on the downside of the supporting shaft 43
  • the radiator 96 is arranged on the side of the crankcase 21 with a front end arranged in front of the supporting shaft 43
  • an attitude of the radiator 96 in a state in which the radiator is attached to the crankcase 21 is inclined by an angle ⁇ with an axis L of the cylinder bore 35 in the cylinder block 36 of the engine main unit 33 so that the rear is higher as shown in Fig. 3
  • the radiator 96 is inclined forward by an angle ⁇ with a horizontal plane.
  • the front of the upper tank 100 is formed so that it is lower than the rear to avoid the supporting shaft 43 and the front of the upper tank 100 in the radiator 96 is arranged on the downside of the supporting shaft 43 in a side view.
  • the shroud 98 is integrally provided with: a cylindrical part 98a that surrounds the cooling fan 97 from the side; a touched plate 98b a circumference of which is touched to an inner surface of the radiator 96 and which is linked with one end of the cylindrical part 98a; and a pair of side plates 98c protruded from the touched plate 98b with the side plates close and opposite to both sides of the radiator 96 in parts except an upper part of the upper tank 100 and a lower part of the lower tank 101, and is made of synthetic resin.
  • a circular opening 107 to which the center on the side of an inner surface of a cooling core 102 in the radiator 96 is opposite is provided to the substantial center of the touched plate 98b coaxially with a rotational axis of the cooling fan 97, that is, the axis of the crankshaft 34, and an exhaust port 108 open downward is provided to a lower part of the cylindrical part 98a.
  • plural guide projections 109 radially extended from the axis of the opening 107 are protruded at intervals in a circumferential direction of the opening 107 on an inner surface of the touched part 98b in a part corresponding to the exhaust port 108.
  • the shroud 98 is attached to the radiator 96, each end of attachment arms 112, 113 protruded upward from an upper part of the cylindrical part 98a of the shroud 98 is attached to each support 110, 111 provided to the front and the rear of the upper tank 100 of the radiator 96 by each clip 114, and an end of an attachment arm 116 protruded downward from an intermediate part in a longitudinal direction of the touched plate 98b of the shroud 98 is attached to a support 115 provided to the downside of an intermediate part in a longitudinal direction of the lower tank 101 of the radiator 96 by a clip 114.
  • the radiator cover 99 is attached to the shroud 98 and is fastened to a pair of supporting projections 117 protruded in positions vertically at an interval of the side plate 98c on the front side out of both side plates 98c of the shroud 98 and to a supporting projection 117 protruded from an upper part of the side plate 98c on the rear side by each screw 118.
  • a four-sided air intake 119 to which an outside face of the cooling core 102 of the radiator 96 is opposite is formed in the radiator cover 99 and a louver 120 arranged in the air intake 119 is provided to the radiator cover 99.
  • a current plate 122 for preventing cooling wind from the cooling fan 97 from flowing on the side of the crankcase 21 in a part corresponding to the exhaust port 108 is fixed on the side of the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21 of the exhaust port 108 and the cooling fan 97.
  • the current plate 122 is attached to the shroud 98 by fastening it to a pair of mounting bosses 123 protruded from a lower part of the touched plate 98b of the shroud 98 by each screw 124 and is formed in the shape of a circular arc along a rotational locus of an outermost end in a radial direction of the cooling fan 97 in a side view.
  • the generator 95 is arranged between the cooling fan 97 and the crankcase 21, the current plate 122 is arranged outside the generator 95, and a turned part 122a extended on the side of the crankcase 21 from its inner end is integrated with the current plate 122.
  • the radiator 96 forms a part of a cooling system that enables circulating cooling water in a water jacket 125 (see Fig. 2 ) provided to the cylinder block 36 and the cylinder head 37 of the engine main unit 33 and the cooling system is provided with: a water pump 126 that supplies cooling water to the water jacket 125; the radiator 96 interposed between the water jacket 125 and a suction opening 135 (see Fig.
  • a thermostat 127 arranged in front of the radiator 96 for switching a state in which cooling water from the water jacket 125 is returned to the water pump 126 without passing the radiator 96 and a state in which cooling water that passes the radiator 96 from the water jacket 125 is returned to the water pump 126 according to the temperature of the cooling water.
  • a pump case 128 of the water pump 126 includes a case main body 129 fitted and fixed to the cylinder head 37 from its right side and a pump cover 130 fastened to the case main body 129 as shown in Fig. 2 and a pump shaft 131 a rotational axis of which is extended in a lateral direction of the body frame F and which is fluid-tight and rotatably supported by the case main body 129 is coupled to the camshaft 50 coaxially and so that the pump shaft cannot be relatively rotated.
  • an impeller 133 is fixed to the pump shaft 131 in a pump room 132 formed in the pump case 128.
  • a thermostat case 134 housing the thermostat 127 inside is fastened and fixed to the pump cover 130 of the pump case 128 so that the thermostat case is separated in a longitudinal direction (backward in this embodiment) from an axis of the pump shaft 131 and is overlapped with the pump case 128 in the longitudinal direction, and an axis of the thermostat case 134 is inclined so that the axis on the upside is located more outside.
  • a water supply pipe 137 extended upward is integrated with the rear of the upper tank 100 of the radiator 96 and a cap 138 openable by turning is installed at an upper end of the water supply pipe 137.
  • An inlet pipe 139 having an axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the body frame F is provided to an intermediate part of the water supply pipe 137 at the back of the supporting shaft 43 with the inlet pipe located on the upside of the supporting shaft 43 in a side view.
  • a leading-out pipe 140 for leading out cooling water from an uppermost end of the water jacket 125 is provided to the cylinder head 37 of the engine main unit 33 with the leading-out pipe located on the downside of the inlet pipe 139 in a side view, the leading-out pipe 140 and the inlet pipe 139 are coupled via a first conduit 141 which is a rubber hose, the first conduit 141 is extended to be higher from the leading-out pipe 140 toward the inlet pipe 139, and is laid so that the first conduit passes the upside of the supporting shaft 43 in a side view.
  • a flat reinforcing plate 142 is provided between the front of the upper tank 100 and the inlet pipe 139, and a circular opening 143 into which the supporting shaft 43 can be inserted is provided to the reinforcing plate 142 with one end of the supporting shaft 43 opposite in a side view in a state in which the engine main unit 33 is supported by the body frame F via the supporting shaft 43.
  • a branch connecting pipe 144 is provided to an intermediate part of the leading-out pipe 140.
  • a water jacket-side connecting pipe 145 is protruded inward and diagonally upward from an upper part of the thermostat case 134 the axis of which is inclined so that the axis on the upside is located more outside, and the branch connecting pipe 144 and the water jacket-side connecting pipe 145 are coupled via a second conduit 146 such as a rubber hose for leading cooling water from the water jacket 125 to the side of the thermostat 127.
  • An outlet pipe 147 is protruded forward from the lower part of the lower tank 101 of the radiator 96 and a radiator-side connecting pipe 148 is protruded outward and diagonally downward from a lower part of the thermostat case 134.
  • the outlet pipe 147 and the radiator-side connecting pipe 148 are coupled via a third conduit 149 such as a rubber hose for leading cooling water from the radiator 96.
  • a fourth conduit 150 such as a rubber hose for leading cooling water from the water pump 126 is connected to a discharge pipe 151 provided to the pump case 128 and the other end of the fourth conduit 150 is connected to an inlet pipe 152 provided to the cylinder block 36 so that the other end communicates with a lower part of the water jacket 125.
  • a conduit for air bleeding 153 for bleeding air from an upper part of the pump room 132 in the pump case 128 is connected to an upper part of the pump case 128.
  • a connecting pipe 154 for connecting a rubber hose is provided to the water supply pipe 137 and is connected to a reservoir (not shown) open to the atmosphere and arranged separately from the radiator 96.
  • a reservoir (not shown) open to the atmosphere and arranged separately from the radiator 96.
  • cooling water discharged from the water pump 126 driven by the camshaft 50 is supplied to the water jacket 125 in the engine main unit 33 through the fourth conduit 150 and after the cooling water cools the engine E while it passes the water jacket 125, it is supplied to the upper tank 100 of the radiator 96 via the first conduit 141.
  • the cooling water the temperature of which lowers while it flows from the upper tank 100 into the lower tank 101 via the cooling core 102 and passes the radiator 96 is returned to the suction opening 135 of the water pump 126 via the third conduit 149 and the thermostat 127.
  • the thermostat 127 is operated to circulate the cooling water without passing the radiator 96, the cooling water flows from the water jacket 125 into the water pump 126 via the second conduit 146 and the thermostat 127 without passing the radiator 96, and the temperature promptly rises.
  • a position regulator 99a that blocks the turning to a released position of the cap 138 is integrated with the radiator cover 99 with the position regulator covering the cap 138.
  • a cutout 155 via which a part of the cap 188 is opposite to the outside is provided to the position regulator 99a.
  • the radiator 96 is arranged on the side of the crankcase 21, the cooling fan 97 that sucks cooling wind to pass the cooling water in the radiator 96 is attached to one end of the crankshaft 34 and is arranged inside the radiator 96, the shroud 98 that is provided with the exhaust port 108 in the lower part and covers the cooling fan 97 from the side is provided between the radiator 96 and the supporting case 40a in the right case half 40 of the crankcase 21, and the current plate 122 for preventing cooling wind from the cooling fan 97 from flowing on the side of the crankcase 21 in the part corresponding to the exhaust port 108 is fixed not to the side of the exhaust port 108 and the cooling fan 97 but to the side of the crankcase 21.
  • the current plate 122 As the current plate 122 is attached to the shroud 98 and the shroud 98 to which the current plate 122 is attached can be attached to the crankcase 21, the current plate 122 never obstructs when the cooling fan 97 is attached to the crankshaft 34, compared with a case that the current plate 122 is attached to the crankcase 21 and ease of assembly can be enhanced.
  • the current plate 122 is formed in the shape of the circular arc along the rotational locus of the outermost end in the radial direction of the cooling fan 97 in the side view, a flow of cooling wind from the cooling fan 97 to the side of the crankcase 21 can be more effectively blocked.
  • cooling wind can more smoothly flow on the side of the exhaust port 108 without causing turbulence in a small quantity of cooling wind that flows between the generator 95 and the current plate 122 by making the turned part 122a opposite to the periphery of the generator 95.
  • leading-out pipe 140 provided to the cylinder head 37 of the engine main unit 33 for leading out cooling water from the uppermost part of the water jacket 125 of the engine main unit 33 and the inlet pipe 139 provided to the upper tank 100 of the radiator 96 on the upside of the supporting shaft 43 for rockably supporting the power unit P including the engine main unit 33 by the body frame F are coupled via the first conduit 141 that passes the upside of the supporting shaft 43 in the side view to be higher from the leading-out pipe 140 to the side of the inlet pipe 139.
  • the supporting shaft 43 is arranged at the back of the front end of the radiator 96, the inclination of the first conduit 141 is inhibited and the length of the first conduit 141 can be reduced.
  • the radiator 96 is not required to be arranged in a position that does not obstruct work for inserting the supporting shaft 43 when the engine main unit 33 to the crankcase 21 of which the radiator 96 is attached is mounted on the body frame F, the radiator 96 can be arranged in an optimum position, and a degree of freedom in the layout can be enhanced:
  • the inlet pipe 139 is provided to the upper tank 100 of the radiator 96 with the inlet pipe having an axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the body frame F and located on the upside of the supporting shaft 43 in the side view, an overhang in front of the inlet pipe 139 from the radiator 96 is inhibited and the whole radiator 96 can be compacted.
  • the thermostat 127 provided with the thermostat case 134 the axis of which is inclined so that the upside is located more outside is arranged in front of the radiator 96
  • the water jacket-side connecting pipe 145 for connecting the second conduit 146 for leading cooling water from the water jacket 125 is protruded inward and diagonally upward from the upper part of the thermostat case 134
  • the radiator-side connecting pipe 148 for connecting the third conduit 149 for leading cooling water from the radiator 96 is protruded outward and diagonally downward from the lower part of the thermostat case 134, the space for which the thermostat 127 accounts in the lateral direction of the body frame F is reduced, the thermostat 127 can be compacted, and in addition, the length of the second conduit 146 connected to the water jacket-side connecting pipe 145 for leading cooling water from the water jacket 125 and the length of the third conduit 149 connected to the radiator-side connecting pipe 148 for leading cooling water from the radiator 96 can be possibly reduced.
  • the water pump 126 is attached to the outer side of the cylinder head 37 of the engine main unit 33 with the pump shaft 131 extended in the lateral direction of the body frame F, as the thermostat case 134 is fixed to the pump case 128 of the water pump 126 with the thermostat case separated from the axis of the pump shaft 131 in the longitudinal direction and with the thermostat case overlapped with the pump case 128 in the longitudinal direction, the conduits 141, 146, 149, 150 related to the water pump 126 and the thermostat 127 can be laid out compactly in the lateral direction of the body frame F.
  • the invention can be also applied to another small-sized vehicle such as a three-wheeled vehicle.
  • the invention is directed to enhance cooling efficiency by making cooling wind smoothly flow from a cooling fan to an exhaust port in a radiator for a small-sized vehicle
  • a radiator is arranged on the side of a crankcase forming a part of an engine main unit provided with a water jacket and mounted on a body frame
  • the cooling fan that sucks cooling wind to pass the radiator is attached to one end of a crankshaft and is arranged inside the radiator and a shroud having the exhaust port and covering the cooling fan from the side is provided between the radiator and the crankcase.
  • a current plate 122 for obstructing a flow of cooling wind from a cooling fan 97 to the side of a crankcase 21 in a part corresponding to an exhaust port 108 is fixed not on the sides of the exhaust port 108 and the cooling fan 97 but on the side of the crankcase 21.

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